Salton Sea: Aquafornia Water Word of the Week

Aquafornia’s Water Word of the Week from sister site Aquapedia, the Water Education Foundation’s vetted, online water encyclopedia, is Salton Sea.

According to an excerpt from Aquapedia, “Southern California’s Salton Sea—approximately 232 feet (70 m) below sea level—is the by-product of a manmade accident. In 1905, the Colorado River broke through a series of dikes, flooding a salty basin known as the Salton Sink in the Imperial Valley and forming the Salton Sea in what had been an ancient lake bed. The river filled the basin to create one of the world’s largest inland seas.”